Spicer, D. Vines, Ruddiard, and a company more of my old acquaintance, and went into a place to drink some ale, and there we staid playing the fool till late, and so I home.  At home met with ill news that my hopes of getting some money for the Charles were spoiled through Mr. Waith’s perverseness, which did so vex me that I could not sleep at night.  But I wrote a letter to him to send to-morrow morning for him to take my money for me, and so with good words I thought to coy with him.  To bed.

8th.  All the morning at the office.  At noon Sir W. Batten, Col.  Slingsby and I by coach to the Tower, to Sir John Robinson’s, to dinner; where great good cheer.  High company; among others the Duchess of Albemarle, who is ever a plain homely dowdy.  After dinner, to drink all the afternoon.  Towards night the Duchess and ladies went away.  Then we set to it again till it was very late.  And at last came in Sir William Wale, almost fuddled; and because I was set between him and another, only to keep them from talking and spoiling the company (as we did to others), he fell out with the Lieutenant of the Tower; but with much ado we made him under stand his error, and then all quiet.  And so he carried Sir William Batten and I home again in his coach, and so I almost overcome with drink went to bed.  I was much contented to ride in such state into the Tower, and be received among such high company, while Mr. Mount, my Lady Duchess’s gentleman usher, stood waiting at table, whom I ever thought a man so much above me in all respects; also to hear the discourse of so many high Cavaliers of things past.  It was a great content and joy to me.

9th.  To Whitehall and there with Mr. Creed took a most pleasant walk for two hours in the park, which is now a very fair place.  Here we had a long and candid discourse one to another of one another’s condition, and he giving me an occasion I told him of my intention to get L60 paid me by him for a gratuity for my labour extraordinary at sea.  Which he did not seem unwilling to, and therefore I am very glad it is out.  To my Lord’s, where we found him lately come from Hinchingbroke, where he left my uncle very well, but my aunt not likely to live.  I staid and dined with him.  He took me aside, and asked me what the world spoke of the King’s marriage.  Which I answering as one that knew nothing, he enquired no further of me.  But I do perceive by it that there is something in it that is ready to come out that the world knows not of yet.  After dinner into London to Mrs. Turner’s and my father’s, made visits and then home, where I sat late making of my journal for four days past, and so to bed.

10th (Lord’s day).  Heard Mr. Mills in the morning, a good sermon.  Dined at home on a poor Lenten dinner of coleworts and bacon.  In the afternoon again to church, and there heard one Castle, whom I knew of my year at Cambridge.  He made a dull sermon.  After sermon came my uncle and aunt Wight to see us, and we sat together a great while.  Then to reading and at night to bed.